Posts by Dave Lyons

Six days, 18 tournaments, over €750,000 guaranteed, and a few new reasons to step away from the felt at the Gleneagle Arena. The Irish Poker Tour heads back to Kerry next week, and Killarney is about more than the cards this year. From Tuesday 13 to Sunday 18 October, the Gleneagle Arena hosts the full…

Killarney has become one of the unmissable stops on the Irish Poker Tour calendar, and since the Gleneagle first hosted the Irish Poker Festival back in 2022, it’s crowned four very different Main Event champions – an Englishman who got the trophy but chopped the money four ways, a man inspired by his granny from…

A weekend that saw first-time IPT attendees contending for titles, BOOMs heard around the room from locals filling a hand, and all the unmistakable charm that comes with the North West. The Donegal Poker Festival was a raging success. The final day kicked off with the Donegal PF Main Event Day 1E Hyper, giving players…

In a world filled with confusion, where every minute and moment is diluted by distraction, one thing that cannot be replicated or reproduced is human interaction. Whether it be discussing something of importance or the mundane mediocrity of life, it just feels right. Now that I have had the opportunity to wax lyrical, in my…

The IPT is back in the north-west and, as the cold winds of winter begin to creep in, the poker at the Radisson Hotel, Letterkenny is sure to get the blood flowing and smiles glowing. With friends reuniting, the first day of any IPT festival is always full of energy and laughter. Stories and tales…

Not everyone can face surfin’ the rollers in Bundoran, or even put their foot into that wild Atlantic, but a few miles over the road there’ll be a few high rollers looking for the real deal when they visit Donegal this coming weekend. Letterkenny is fast becoming a regular fixture on the Irish poker calendar,…

It may have been the biggest day of Poker held in the Midlands, certainly in Tullamore. From the opening bell on Friday the crowds came in. And they kept coming. €81,110 was the Main Event prizepool surpassing Limerick and Athlone’s €30K in a day Guarantees in the previous weeks. The heartbeat of Irish Poker may…

Be proud Limerick. Be proud. In a similar vein to Athlone’s 30K in a day just a few short weeks ago, the  numbers for this stop poured in. 150 by level 3 of the opening flight of the Main Event as I glanced at the Live clock while making my way to the Castletroy Hotel…

Athlone €30K in a Day got off to a flying start, and it was clear from the off that this was going to be something a little different. Led by the Midlands Poker community, what rolled into Athlone Springs felt less like a €30K one-dayer and more like an invading army. The noise, banter and…

Donal’s Corner Athlone Springs Hotel, Saturday August 22nd, 13:00 Start The Irish Poker Tour, more accurately described as the Bryants’ Poker Tour, moves on to the Athlone €30k in a Day at the welcoming Athlone Springs Hotel this weekend. Always great fun, always busy, this is one of the most popular quick stops on the…